Sash hanger



M y 1951 P. L. DONOVAN 2554 403 SASHHANGER Filed' March 19, 1947 ammo 0 Patented May 22, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,554,403 SASH: HANGER Patrick L. Donovan, Peoria, Ill.

Application March 19, 1947, Serial No. 735,692

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hangers for storm sashes and screens.

An object is to furnish a type of hanger by which a sash or screen may be more readily hung from within a room whose window is to be protected.

Another object is to provide a hanger for attachment to a window frame that will provide for readily guiding into it the eye or link of the hanger carried by the sash or screen to be hung.

Still another object is to provide the hanger portion secured to the window frame with a pair of hooks, one above the other in opposed positions and to locate between them a third upturned hook for finally receiving the eye or link portion of the sash as the seating position of the latter.

Again, an object lies in furnishing a structure in a sash hanger by which the sash cannot be unseated and blown off by the winds when accidently left unlatched and hanging freely.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification aided by the appended drawing forming part hereof.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete two part assembled hanger structures in one of the positions of a suspended storm sash.

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the window frame showing the hanger portions in the same relation as those in Figure l, the eye or link portion on the sash being shown in part longitudinal section.

Figure 3 illustrates one of the hanger portions in perspective.

Figures 4 and 5 are views similar to Figure 2 with the hanger parts in other positions than shown in that figure, and

Figure 6 is similar to Figure 5 but showing another position of the hanger portions relative to each other.

In Figure 3 the upper of the two hanger portions is shown, it comprises a main portion for attachment to the window frame I, this portion being denoted at 2. Extending from the top edge of said portion as part thereof is an inverted hook 3 to be known herein as a guide, or guide portion, this being arched and extended downwardly substantially parallel to the said body portion creating a narrow recess 3', thence extending downwardly and outwardly at an angle and terminating distant from said body 2.

Projecting from the lower edge of the body, preferably a part thereof, and lying beneath the guide 3 is a hook 4 as a support for a hanger portion 5 secured to the sash B to be supported, said hook being upturned and at its extremity lies in slightly spaced relation to the terminus of the said guide 3 while extending slightly above the same and outward therefrom, being more distant from the body 2, therefore, than is the said terminal of said guide.

Struck up from the body portion 2, in this instance, is an upwardly directed hook I which lies between the guide and said hook 4 and directed toward the former, spaced from both, and lying vertically in line with them as seeri in Figure 1.

The named portion 5 on the sash 6 has the usual eye or opening 5 in order that it may, of course, permit said portion to engage any one of the several described parts of the body portion.

It is particularly difficult, especially when working from within a room, to install a heavy sash particularly when the workman is required to reach far out in order to engage a sash hanger with a hook above. One of the objects herein is to obviate this difiiculty and lighten the work. That is to say, as shown in broken lines in Figure 2 the sash may be raised while in practically a vertical position and at once engaged upon the hook 4, the weight of the sash being directly imposed upon said hook at which time the worker is given a period of rest, if so desired, the down- Ward slant of the hook 4 at this time preventing the sash from getting out of control. From such position the sash, when again lifted, will be engaged with and guided upwardly and inwardly as the hanger portion 5 meets said guide 3, the former reaching a position above the hook I, whereupon in lowering the sash said portion 5 may be rested upon said hook as its seat, when the sash is in snug home position against the stops of the window frame.

Thus far described, the structure provided accommodates itself to situations where the portion 2 may be attached to the building at any required position or height above the window opening. However, sometimes the trim on a building due to its nearness to said window opening interferes with a chosen procedure in hanger practice. An advantage in the present structure, as providing for such a situation, may be seen by reference to Figure 6, wherein, as observed, that the distance from the window opening for the said portion, as compared to the former figures, is less than in said figures due to the necessary lowering of such portion 2, and since said portion is nearer to the seated sash than before, the portion 5 may be directed upwardly by the guide 3 passes slidably into the recess 3' between said portion and said body and there remains without chance of lateral movement or shake. Thus the sash is as readily guided to its seat as in the first instance described without, however, being finally located on the hook I. In removing the sash it may be handled :sothatdts hanger portioni5 =may .be directly fdrawn'ffrom the recess and z'released from the hanger entirely. In regard to the lateral movement above mentioned it will be observed that the hanger portion 5 above the eye 5' is inclined at a slight angle to the balance thereof so that opposite portions abutbpposite walls of the recess 3'. This is an advantage in that when the sash is dismounted it i's naturally swung outward. Therefore the angled portion assumes a vertical position and is at once free todrop away from said recess so that friction cannot "retard're'ady"removal. Again this angularposition more readily permits the hanger 5 toenter the narrow space between the extrem- "itie's'of thej'guide f3'an'd hook "4.

ISashhangers so far" as is known, have "hadno 25 'provision"for' preventing a sash being dislodged and destroyed by winds when said sash has beennnadvertenuy"left unsecured at its lower :extremity. 1In"thisregar'd 'attention'is directed totherproxirnity of'the" free extremities'of the 30 'giiide3'andtheihobk'4, and the fact that the former lies'inwar'd fromthe latter and slightly below it. In the event, therefore, the wind .swingsthe TreeIy suSpended sash outwardly the "top portion of the hanger 5,or"that part above the eye 5""spans"thespacebetween the said extremities of'sa'id "guide'and hook "as shown in broken lines in Fig. 5, preventing disastrous resiilts.

In respect to 'theliookl it is to'be stated that sinceit tends to holdthe hanger 5 close to the window frame dueto'the downwardly "and inwardly directed l-suppor'ting edge thereof :"a "safe ,position of the sash is assured even :in light winds when sai'dsashiis hangingfreejas when unlathed, and "even if higher "winds "dislodge the sash from -sai'd' hookl, however, the member SWillStill' becaught by the hook 4 and be Safely 'hldthrby.

I claim:

1. A sash hanger including in its construction a body for attachment in an upright position to a window frame, a hook extending irom the lower portion of the body outwardly and upwardly therefrom on which to suspend a sash hanger portion, an outwardly and downwardly extending guide portion extending from the =body, .its .terminus lying =adg'acent .the '.-terminal iof' theisaid hook, spacedlfthere from and lying between the same and said body, and a hook iextending from the body from a position be- .tween the guide portion and the first named.

hodk, and upwardly and outwardly extending stowardivsaid guide portion and terminating in .spaced relation thereto, the terminal of the guide portionlying between both the named hooks.

2. A sash hanger including in its construction 20 aebodyiorattachment in ,an. upright. position to a window frame, a hook extendinglfrom the "lower .portion .of the 7 body outwardly and upnwardly therefrom on which .to suspend a .sash hanger ,portion, a downwardly extending guide portion on and substantially paralleling thelbody aigiventdistance and-thence beingoutwardlyuextended downwardly latanangle and terminataingsbetween said body .and the terminal of the named/hook, .anda Ihookextendiug outwardly and upwardly from the body from a position between the first namedihook and .said 1- guide portion, .and terminating in spaced relation to :the terminal of each.

PATRICK-L. DONOVAN.

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